Arnold Fine

Arnold Fine (January 15, 1924[1] – September 5, 2014) was an editor and columnist, known for editing The Jewish Press[2] and a humor columnist.

Arnold Fine
BornJanuary 15, 1924
DiedSeptember 5, 2014(2014-09-05) (aged 90)
OccupationEditor,

Jewish Press humor columnist

He was known for his "I Remember When."[3][4] For decades his writings, which included a companion feature titled "A Bi Gezunt," were on the back page, and subsequently on the inside of the back page.

He also published 2 volumes of Abi Gezunt[5][6]

Serious side

His I Remember When column at times wiped out his only-humor Abi Gezunt when he had something serious to tell his readers. Going beyond his "Who invented the telephone" (including how many decades it took for the USA and UK Patent offices to decide), he tackled topics such as

Biography

After his military service during World War II, he did news photography for small NYC newspapers and went to college at night, courtesy of the GI Bill.[8] It was his photography freelancing that brought him to "The Brooklyn Daily and then The Brooklyn Weekly" where he met The late Rabbi Shalom Klass, prior to the latter's founding of The Jewish Press.[9]

Following his baccalaureate and a master's degree in education, he became a Special Ed teacher for the NYC school system, working with brain-injured children.

Prior to his passing he developed Parkinson’s disease.

He and his wife, who predeceased him in 2006, saw children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

I Remember When

Atop I Remember When is a unique feature: the letters (and the "!" that follows) are designed to resemble Hebrew letters. For example, the "I" is a "Final Nun." The "R" is a "Koof" with an extra foot.

The series, described as "chronicling Jewish life in New York City in the 1930s and 1940s,"[9] was introduced in the mid-1960s, and was said to be[10] "timeless" and transmitting "warmth and nostalgia.” The Jewish Press said they'll reprint Fine's writings.

An assemblage of some columns was published in 1992.[11]

References
  1. http://factualworld.com/article/Arnold_Fine
  2. http://www.beingjewish.org/magazine/winter2000/article2.html
  3. http://www.inspirationline.com/EZINE/25JUL2005.htm
  4. http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006214364/en
  5. VOL. 1: "Abi Gezunt! (Vol. 1): Classic Jokes from the Jewish Press".
  6. VOL. 2: "Abi Gezunt! Volume 2 - Classic Jokes from The Jewish Press".
  7. Arnold Fine (December 6, 2002). "Hiram Bingham IV - Unsung Hero, Righteous Gentile during the Holocaust". The Jewish Press. p. M14.
  8. "Arnold Fine, 90, OBM". September 8, 2014.
  9. Sandy Eller (September 8, 2014). "New York - Remembering Arnold Fine, Jewish Press Columnist For Over 50 Years".
  10. Yochonon Donn (September 8, 2014). "Arnold Fine, 'I Remember When!' Columnist, z"l".
  11. Arnold Fine (1992). I Remember When: The Collection. ISBN 9781882961252.
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